Microgard Extended or Mobil 1 Extended Performance

[Ronn]

Here’s my filter waiting to be installed next. There 4 total on the shelf and they all look like this.
BTW with louvers, the lighting and angle of shot makes a big difference!

 

[ZeeOSix]

Yes, it's pretty easy to look at louvers with a good flashlight. Those do look good.

 

[Durdude]

Ya never know what’s in store

“Life’s like a box of chocolates, ya never know what you’re gonna get”

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That's some good math! How did you measure that? Especially the louvers?

 

[ZeeOSix]

That +30% more flow area isn't really going to make any difference in dP vs flow that really matters. But what could cause a real difference is if someone gets a filter with really choked down louvers.

 

[Fair enough]

They must have sent someone with some experience and common sense down to the louver making machines to fix them. People do return filters with closed or nearly closed louvers, I have.

 

[Blagoje]

I just don't want to buy foreign stuff we should be able to make. I hope the domestic MFGs are watching this site and the multitude of YT videos.

I mentioned this several times on WCW's YouTube channel, I really do think the microguard select is the closest thing to being what everyone on the internet wants in an oil filter for a reasonable price.

I really don't care who makes what and where it's made, I care about the end product above all else.

 

[GW.]

I mentioned this several times on WCW's YouTube channel, I really do think the microguard select is the closest thing to being what everyone on the internet wants in an oil filter for a reasonable price.

I really don't care who makes what and where it's made, I care about the end product above all else.

Exactly. Politics aside I buy what I feel is best for my situation. I do hope US oil filter manufacturers get it together at some point….

 

[RobbS]

I exclusively use Mobil 1 Extended Performance oil filters, always have.
That said, I just took a nice little trip to Oriellys and picked up some MicroGard Select and will run them next oil changes.
Today, anyway, these are two better oil filters out there.
I run extended service intervals because my mileage is 98% highway driving with no stop and go. I need an oil filter that can handle 7k to 10k miles safely.
Good luck, congrats on new vehicle

 

[OilStained]

Buying an oil filter is like a box of chocolate... (edit: DR, someone already beat me to it)

OP's question, either or.

 

[Hohn]

There’s nothing wrong with louvers as a design for center tubes. Poor quality is poor quality, whether it’s closed louvers, hanging chads on incompletely punched center tubes, or molding defects in an e-core.

 

[Hohn]

I'm about due for an oil change on my motorhome. It's a 2024 Class C on a Ford E450 Super Duty chassis running the 7.3l "Godzilla" engine. I changed the oil and filter as soon as I bought it with around 1600 miles on it. I changed oil and filter again at 6000 miles with Valvoline Advanced and a Fram Synthetic Endurance filter. I plan on doing a 5000 mile interval for oil/filter changes as the vehicle does sit for a couple months at a time. I thought I was doing the right thing by using the Fram Synthetic Endurance because of the filtering capability, but after reading all the issues with the ripples on the leaf spring plate I'm rethinking everything. I read a number of posts about the Microgard Select filter being a quality filter - I have an O'Reilly's a couple miles away so they're easy to get - but I've also used Mobil 1 filters in the past on my other vehicles and had good luck with them. I've also used Wix XP but have heard nothing good about them recently so they're out. I've read on here about another company building the Mobil 1 filters and it sounds like they've improved over the previous manufacturer. To complicate matters when I go on Mobil 1's website to search for the correct filter for the E450/7.3 they don't list one. I can cross reference from the Fram and Motorcraft numbers and it comes back as the Mobil 1-210A for the cross, but I wasn't sure if there's some reason why Mobil won't list this filter for the E450/7.3. Anyway, I'm leaning towards the Microgard Select as it sounds good on paper and from what I've read here people are very happy with it...right now. I'm looking for a good filter for what amounts to heavy duty use - the motorhome is 32' long and I tow a Jeep Wrangler behind it - but I wasn't sure if the Microgard Select would work for the heavier use conditions. Looking for some guidance from any of you towing or with a motorhome for filter choices. Thanks

Any premium PGI-made filter will far exceed OEM performance. Microguard select or carquest premium are essentially the same excellent filter.

Some Mobil 1 filters are now PGI-made as well.